Robert Cargill

Dr. Cargill earned a Master of Science degree in Ministry and his seminary degree, the Master of Divinity at Pepperdine University. While studying biblical studies at Pepperdine University, he began studying archaeology and Middle Eastern culture and politics. Dr. Cargill returned to Pepperdine in 2002 and taught courses in Hebrew Bible and New Testament at Pepperdine University. In 2004, he was hired by Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman to teach her history and religion of the Middle East.

He earned his Ph.D. under Dr. William Schniedewind in the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, with an emphasis in Second Temple period archaeology and biblical studies. His dissertation work focused on the archaeological remains of Khirbet Qumran, the site associated with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Dr. Cargill was recently appointed as the Instructional Technology Coordinator for the UCLA Center for Digital Humanities, where he oversees the integration of technology into higher education classrooms and humanities research. He is a Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Research Associate at UCLA, and is the Chief Architect and Designer of the Qumran Visualization Project, a real-time virtual reconstruction of the site of Qumran.

He regularly lectures on topics concerning archaeology, biblical studies, Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls, religious sects in the Second-Temple period, and linguistic ideology.  Research interests include the archaeology of Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls, virtual reality, digital modeling, archaeology of the Second Temple Period, Hebrew and Aramaic, literary criticism, biblical studies, the site of Banias, Israel (ancient Caesarea Philippi), the Bar Kokhba Rebellion, and classical Judean numismatics.

Articles and blog posts related to Robert Cargill

Biggest of the Dead Sea Scrolls was created at Qumran

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The debate over the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls may end up coming down to a very basic element – water.

Exclusive Interview: Dr. Robert Cargill on Virtual Reality Qumran

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Virtual Qumran designer Dr. Robert Cargill talks about how virtual reality is changing archaeology, and what it has to tell us about Qumran.

Virtual Qumran

by owenjarus

A UCLA team has created a virtual model of Qumran for teaching and research.

Publications

Qumran through (Real) Time

 

Gorgias Press, LLC (2009)

by Robert Cargill